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• catalog abstract "As Albert E. Stone points out in his preface to Literary Aftershocks, the 1992 issue of Nuclear Texts and Contexts carried a headline proclaiming "Farewell to the First Atomic Age." Literary Aftershocks, Stone asserts, "takes seriously that adjective first and invites readers of history and literature to do the same." And indeed readers of this volume will do so, for Stone has compiled a sweeping, vitally important survey of the literary response to nuclear realities from 1945 to the present. Represented here are a diversity of writers, predominantly American, speaking with urgency and passion to a host of concerns: radioactivity, nuclear warfare, disarmament, the future of the planet, respect for life, and more. The breadth of selections is striking, ranging from such well-known works as Bradbury's Martian Chronicles, Hersey's Hiroshima, Ginsberg's "Plutonian Ode," and Schell's Fate of the Earth to writings and authors heretofore given scant attention. Together, these voices emit a clarion call for life and not death, for peace and not war. . Writing in crisp, pointed, and always accessible language, Stone approaches his material partly chronologically and partly by genre. Here readers will find thoughtful interpretations and clarifications accompanying excerpts from essays and stories, science fiction and poetry, novels and nonfiction. Children's literature is afforded special emphasis, as is the cultural criticism of the 1980s. Lending overall perspective to the material is a Chronology of Nuclear History and Literature. More than a narrow work of literary history, Literary Aftershocks is cultural history at its finest, permeated by a strong - and strongly documented - humanist slant. It argues that imaginative writing by contemporary Americans reflects, refracts, and interprets the historical realities of the nuclear age; it demonstrates that description, diagnosis, and prophecy are the common concerns of these writers. Simultaneously disturbing, sobering, and thought-provoking, Literary Aftershocks is above all a book of hope. In the aftermath of the breakup of the Soviet Union, when complacency about nuclear threats is all too tempting, this volume challenges readers to think, feel, and act. As such, it offers a compelling resource not only for students and teachers but for general readers as well.".
• catalog contributor b6579590.
• catalog created "c1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "c1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
• catalog description ". Writing in crisp, pointed, and always accessible language, Stone approaches his material partly chronologically and partly by genre. Here readers will find thoughtful interpretations and clarifications accompanying excerpts from essays and stories, science fiction and poetry, novels and nonfiction. Children's literature is afforded special emphasis, as is the cultural criticism of the 1980s. Lending overall perspective to the material is a Chronology of Nuclear History and Literature.".
• catalog description "1. The Common Medium and the Unique Event: Three Prose "Masterpieces" -- 2. Fictions of the Age of Anxiety, 1945-1963 -- 3. Fictions and America's Reawakening, 1979-1992 -- 4. Children, Literature, and the Bomb -- 5. Anguished Poets on the Edge of Darkness -- 6. Critics and Historians of the 1980s Frame the First Nuclear Age.".
• catalog description "And indeed readers of this volume will do so, for Stone has compiled a sweeping, vitally important survey of the literary response to nuclear realities from 1945 to the present. Represented here are a diversity of writers, predominantly American, speaking with urgency and passion to a host of concerns: radioactivity, nuclear warfare, disarmament, the future of the planet, respect for life, and more.".
• catalog description "As Albert E. Stone points out in his preface to Literary Aftershocks, the 1992 issue of Nuclear Texts and Contexts carried a headline proclaiming "Farewell to the First Atomic Age." Literary Aftershocks, Stone asserts, "takes seriously that adjective first and invites readers of history and literature to do the same."".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-189) and index.".
• catalog description "More than a narrow work of literary history, Literary Aftershocks is cultural history at its finest, permeated by a strong - and strongly documented - humanist slant. It argues that imaginative writing by contemporary Americans reflects, refracts, and interprets the historical realities of the nuclear age; it demonstrates that description, diagnosis, and prophecy are the common concerns of these writers.".
• catalog description "Simultaneously disturbing, sobering, and thought-provoking, Literary Aftershocks is above all a book of hope. In the aftermath of the breakup of the Soviet Union, when complacency about nuclear threats is all too tempting, this volume challenges readers to think, feel, and act. As such, it offers a compelling resource not only for students and teachers but for general readers as well.".
• catalog description "The breadth of selections is striking, ranging from such well-known works as Bradbury's Martian Chronicles, Hersey's Hiroshima, Ginsberg's "Plutonian Ode," and Schell's Fate of the Earth to writings and authors heretofore given scant attention. Together, these voices emit a clarion call for life and not death, for peace and not war.".
• catalog extent "xviii, 204 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Literary aftershocks.".
• catalog identifier "0805788530 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Literary aftershocks.".
• catalog isPartOf "Twayne's literature & society series ; no. 5.".
• catalog isPartOf "Twayne's literature and society series ; no. 5".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "c1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Twayne Publishers ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International,".
• catalog relation "Literary aftershocks.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "810.9/358 20".
• catalog subject "American literature 20th century History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Atomic bomb United States History.".
• catalog subject "Atomic bomb in literature.".
• catalog subject "Books and reading United States History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Nuclear warfare and literature United States History.".
• catalog subject "PS228.W37 S76 1994".
• catalog subject "War poetry, American History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "War stories, American History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 United States Literature and the war.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. The Common Medium and the Unique Event: Three Prose "Masterpieces" -- 2. Fictions of the Age of Anxiety, 1945-1963 -- 3. Fictions and America's Reawakening, 1979-1992 -- 4. Children, Literature, and the Bomb -- 5. Anguished Poets on the Edge of Darkness -- 6. Critics and Historians of the 1980s Frame the First Nuclear Age.".
• catalog title "Literary aftershocks : American writers, readers, and the bomb / Albert E. Stone.".
• catalog type "text".